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President Donald Trump said he’d be willing to extend his trip abroad to Asia if North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to meet with him.
“But I’d love to meet with him if he’d like to meet. I got along great with Kim Jong Un. I liked him, he liked me,” Trump said during a gaggle on Air Force One.
When asked if he’d extend his trip in order to meet with the North Korean figure, Trump indicated that he would be willing to do so.
TRUMP SAYS HE’S ‘OPEN’ TO MEETING WITH KIM JONG UN DURING ASIA TRIP, NORTH KOREA IS ‘SORT OF A NUCLEAR POWER’
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un poses with President Donald Trump at the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
The president had previously noted during a prior gaggle aboard Air Force One that he would be open to meeting with Kim Jong Un.
“I got along very well with him,” he said of the foreign leader.
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North Korea is one of the few nations around the globe armed with nuclear weapons.
During his first term, Trump met with Kim Jong Un several times.
TRUMP AND KIM JONG UN SHOULD MAKE ‘BOLD DECISION’ TO MEET DURING HIS ASIA TRIP, SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIAL SAYS
A handout photo provided by Dong-A Ilbo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting on the south side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019 in Panmunjom, South Korea. ( Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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He even made history as the first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea.
